Cremation an inside look

This information has been included in the hope of dispelling the many myths
surrounding cremation. It is hoped that you will find this information useful and in
some ways comforting.

The catafalque on which the coffin is placed in the chapel is actually a lifting platform
that drops to the floor below once the family have left the chapel.
The coffin is transferred from the catafalque to a trolley called a ‘Charging Bier’. The
coffin is then moved on the bier to one of the cremators where the identification on
the coffin is checked to make sure that the correct person is being cremated. The
coffin is then charged into the cremator. The remains are raked from the cremator
once the cremation cycle has completed and cooled before being processed into ash
by the cremulator. The remains are then placed into an urn awaiting final disposal. A
form known as an ‘Authority to Cremate’ follows the remains from start to finish of
the cremation process.
It is a legal requirement, with very few exceptions, that each coffin is cremated
individually. Exceptions would be a mother and a very young child.

For more information see the pdf file on the right hand menu.